Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.

Not one of us knows what effect his life produces, and what he gives to others; that is hidden from us and must remain so, though we are often allowed to see some little fraction of it, so that we may not lose courage.

Hear our humble prayer, O God. Make us, ourselves, to be true friends to the animals.

Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.

The greatest thing is to give thanks for everything. He who has learned this knows what it means to live. He has penetrated the whole mystery of life: giving thanks for everything.

We must never allow the voice of humanity within us to be silenced. It is humanity's sympathy with all creatures that first makes us truly human.